page_title: Kingdom of Artsakh
hierarchical_section_title: Kingdom of Artsakh
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Caucasus Region at 1000 AD before death of Dawit III., in German. Deutsch: Kaukasus-Region 1000 n. Chr. vor dem Tod Dawits III.; Quellen sind Putzger historischer Weltatlas Ausgabe 2005, Heinz Fähnrich: Geschichte Georgiens von den Anfängen bis zur Mongolenherrschaft. Shaker, Aachen 1993, ISBN&#160;3-86111-683-9, File:Georgia map 830-1020.gif , File:Arcax.jpg , File:Vaspurakan kingdom 908-1021 map-fr.svg , http://www.armenica.org/cgi-bin/armenica.cgi?178711717323498=1=3==Armenia==1=3=AAA , File:Alania 10 12.png
context_page_description: The Kingdom of Artsakh was a medieval dependent Armenian kingdom on the territory of Syunik, Artsakh, Gardman and Gegharkunik. Contemporary sources referred to it as the Khachen. The royal house of Khachen was a cadet branch of the ancient Syunid dynasty and was named Khachen, after its main stronghold. The kingdom emerged when Hovhannes-Senekerim acquired the royal title in 1000.
  Artsakh maintained its sovereign rulers, though in the early 13th century they accepted Georgian, then Mongol suzerainty. They lost the royal title after the assassination of Hasan-Jalal by the Ilkhanid ruler Arghun, but continued to rule Syunik as a principality, which from the 16th century comprised five Armenian melikdoms of Artsakh and Kashatagh melikdom of Syunik which lasted until the early 19th century. The descendants of the kings of Syunik played a prominent role in the history of Syunik as far as the 20th century.
context_section_description: The Kingdom of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի թագավորություն) was a medieval dependent Armenian kingdom on the territory of Syunik, Artsakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Gardman and Gegharkunik. Contemporary sources referred to it as the Khachen. The royal house of Khachen was a cadet branch of the ancient Syunid dynasty and was named Khachen, after its main stronghold. The kingdom emerged when Hovhannes-Senekerim acquired the royal title in 1000.
  Artsakh maintained its sovereign rulers, though in the early 13th century they accepted Georgian, then Mongol suzerainty. They lost the royal title after the assassination of Hasan-Jalal (1214–1261) by the Ilkhanid ruler Arghun, but continued to rule Syunik as a principality, which from the 16th century comprised five Armenian melikdoms of Artsakh and Kashatagh melikdom of Syunik which lasted until the early 19th century. The descendants of the kings of Syunik played a prominent role in the history of Syunik as far as the 20th century.
caption: Syunik as vassal of the Armenian kingdom around 1000
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